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July 2009 - Posts

Certain User groups cannot be deleted in Dynamics AX

Sometimes when I try to delete certain User groups in Dynamics AX 4.0 or Dynamics AX 2009 I notice that the User groups disappears from the Grid but is actually not deleted. When I am clicking at the delete button the first thing I notice is that the
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The mystery of blank Enterprise Portal pages

In Dynamics AX 4.0 when you are browsing for an Enterprise Portal page you might get a blank or half blank page. So instead of your Menus, Web Forms and WebLets with data you only receive a white background with no or only some content. A blank Enterprise
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AxUpdatePortal.exe does not update Enterprise Portal when not running from an elevated command prompt

One of the nice features added with Dynamics AX 2009 is the support for 64bit (x64) for the Dynamics AX 2009 Application Object Server and the Dynamics AX 2009 .NET Business Connector. The fact that the Dynamics AX 2009 Client is however still only available

How to open an AX form from your own help

In the standard AX on-line help you can link to a form in AX (open the form). E.g. Accounts receivable > Setup > Customer groups > F1 > Terms of payment link. When you click on the link, the Terms of payment form will open. The following is
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Kerberos authentication issues in a multi server environment affecting only the KPI web part

When you are setting up Dynamics AX 2009 Role Center and Enterprise Portal in a multi server environment where each component is running on Windows Server 2008 you may get confronted with an authentication issue. The base requirement for a multi server

Debugging Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009 SSRS reports with Microsoft Visual Studio 2008

While Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) reports allowed in in Dynamics AX 4.0 a user to create Ad'hoc reports that were only based on the data stored in the Dynamics AX database, in Dynamics AX 2009 Production reports allow also the execution

Unable to print reports as PDF files on the AX server using batch processing

We came across an issue reported to us where they were trying to automate printing of reports as PDF files using batch processing on the server. Printing reports directly worked fine and they were able to save the PDF files it generated successfully on
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Tips & Tricks around debugging X++ code in Dynamics AX

When you are developing X++ code for Dynamics AX over the time you will for sure run into a situation where the below Tips & Tricks can make your debugging live easier. The information are no secrets it is just hard finding them the very first time
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Disabled columns are sometimes included in SQL Queries created by the Dynamics AX Kernel

Over the last month we were facing a situation where the Dynamics AX 2009 Kernel was generating incorrect SQL Queries in a specific constellation: You have one or more fields (columns) on a table that are based on an Extended Data Type (EDT) This EDT
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The Query criteria for Shipment templates cannot be reset

If you are setting up a Shipment template in Dynamics AX 2009 by going to Inventory Management | Setup | Distribution | Shipment templates and define a Criteria ( by clicking at the Criteria button) you might notice later that the Query criteria cannot
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Certain Web Forms show no data in Dynamics AX 2009 Enterprise Portal

When you are developing new Enterprise Portal content in Dynamics AX 2009 you should rather create new ASP.NET User Controls in Visual Studio 2008 (stored in the Web Controls in the AOT) than new Web Forms. Never the less Web Forms are still supported

About locking and blocking in Dynamics AX and how to prevent it

The locking of records is necessary to ensure transactions are processed accurately and with a high level of concurrency. Unfortunately the more records are locked the higher is the chance other transactoins are getting blocked resulting in peformance

SQL Execution Error. The multi-part identifier ... could not be bound.

We were running lately into an issue with Dynamics AX 2009 and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Analysis Services after switching the data source provider from SQLNCLI.1 (Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Native Client) to SQLNCLI10.1 (Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Native

Issue selecting items from Combo Boxes when the Dynamics AX Client is running as RemoteApp

Windows Server 2008 introduces a nice feature for the Terminal Services that is called RemoteApp . RemoteApp programs are accessed remotely through Terminal Services and appear as if they are running on the local computer. The RemoteApp is integrated

Overview - AX kernel build numbers

Axapta version Kernel build Application build Comments Axapta 2.5 1270.3 377 Option Pack 2.5 Axapta 2.5 SP1 1270.15 377-20 Option Pack 2.5-1 Axapta 2.5 SP2 1270.31 377-57 Market Pack 2.5-2 Axapta 2.5 SP2 Kernel Hotfix 1 1270.31-3 377-57 Market Pack 2.5-2
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